Item 07 - Sewer System Management Plan 2025 Update

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(e) Timing. Upon completing the fire hydrant meter permit application, a fire hydrant meter will be installed by the city at the location specified in the permit within forty-eight (48) hours of the completed application. (Ord. No. NS-2921, 5, 8-1-17) Sec. 39-25. Water measurement. (a) Every water service as defined in this chapter shall be metered. (b) Water services shall be designated according to the type of use as defined in this chapter. (c) Only duly authorized employees or agents of the city shall be permitted to install water meters. Following the final acceptance of the water service and meter, the meter and the service connection shall belong to the city and are the sole property of the city. (d) Meters will be read at regular intervals for the preparation of regular bills and as required for the preparation of opening bills, closing bills, and special bills. (Ord. No. NS-2921, 5, 8-1-17) Sec. 39-26. Continuity of service. (a) The city will exercise reasonable diligence to furnish a continuous and sufficient supply of water to its customers and to avoid any shortage or interruption of delivery thereof. It cannot, however, guarantee a continuous or sufficient supply or freedom of interruption. (b) The city shall not be liable for interruptions or shortage of supply, nor for any loss or damage occasioned thereby. (c) Whenever, in the operation of the city's water system, interruption in the delivery of water to customers results from or is occasioned by cause other than the exercise by the city of its right to temporarily suspend the delivery of water for the purpose of making repairs or improvement to its system, notice of any such interruption will not be given to the customers of the city, but the city shall exercise reasonable diligence to reinstitute delivery of water. (d) The city, whenever it shall find it necessary for the purpose of making repairs or improvements to its system, shall have the right to temporarily suspend the delivery of water. In all such cases, as reasonable notice as circumstances will permit will be given to the customer, and the making of such repairs or improvements will be completed as rapidly as may be practicable and at such times as will cause the least inconvenience to its customers. (Ord. No. NS-2921, 5, 8-1-17) Sec. 39-27. Private fire protection service. (a) The use of separate fire protection services shall be limited to servicing structural and buildings fire sprinkler systems, fire hoses, on -site fire pumps, fire department connection standpipes, and fire hydrants. No such service shall be used for any purpose other than flushing, fire flow testing, and the extinguishment of fires. All such services shall be equipped with an approved double check valve assembly in accordance with section 39-29(i) at the expense of the owner. (b) A private fire protection service required to be flow tested routinely shall be equipped with an appropriately sized fire service meter approved by the Orange County Fire Authority. (Supp. No. 30) Created: 2025-01-29 11:22:13 [EST] Page 16 of 54